Assessment of the Frequency of Worst Case Flow Conditions During Downstream Migration of Salmon Smolts at Bellows Falls Dam

• Main Author: Saunders, W P
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 1987
• Subjects: Atlantic salmon; Bellows Falls; Connecticut River; downstream fish passage; downstream migration; flow rates; migration; salmon; smolt; smolt passage; Bellows
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/fishpassage_unpublished_works/185

None supplied. Executive summary: This study examined the frequency of occurrence of worst case conditions for downstream migration of Atlantic salmon smolts at Bellows Falls Station. Worst case conditions were defined as river flows of less than 11,000 cfs (when all river flow is diverted through t...